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Pronunciation : Pe"on
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Poon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pe"on
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See Pawn in chess.]
Definition : 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India]

2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.

3. (Chess)

Defn: See 2d Pawn.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913